Worm composting with Dendrobaena worms
Composting with worms increases soil fertility, improves the structure and drainage
of soil whilst holding water and breaking up clays at the same time.
This is every gardener’s secret ingredient to a healthy garden! Compost worms eat
up to half their own body weight in waste – making them very efficient in producing organic compost.
What can Dendrobaena Worms Compost?
- Anything that has lived and died
- Vegetable peelings
- Cooked vegetables
- Vacuum dust
- Pet hair
- Lawn clippings
- Animal waste
- Inner tubes from toilet/kitchen rolls
- Cardboard eggboxes
Just think of how much of that you would normally throw away instead of composting!
If you are interested in composting your everyday household waste then
one of our wormeries would be most suitable. Made from wood they
have been carefully
designed by us to be most effective and suitable to our dendrobaena
worms needs.
Learn more about our wormeries, or visit our shop to buy a wormery online
Composting requires 1Kg of worms per cubic metre of soil (this is approx 1600 to 2000 worms). Just work out how many worms you need and place your order. It's that easy and once you have made your initial purchase you don’t need to buy any more worms as they are prolific breeders and expand their numbers to suit conditions around them. Worms are a-sexual and can breed every couple of weeks, and without predators they can live for up to 15 years.
Allow one kilogram for each cubic metre of
your compost heap or container. The more worms the faster they will covert
your organic compost to a valuable
fertiliser. Dendras are probably the best composting worm – they
will eat over half their body weight each day.
Care Checklist
Dendrobaena worms for composting:
- Once introduced to your compost bin, begin by feeding them small amounts of food until you establish how much food they are capable of eating.
- Compost worms can eat anything that has lived and died.
- Stay clear of acidic foods, e.g. citrus fruits, unless you plan to add a little lime mix every couple of weeks to prevent the waste becoming too acidic (worms no not like acidic conditions).
- Keep your wormery moist, not wet, at all times.
- In extreme heat move your wormery into an area of shade and if necessary cool the housing down with water.
- Before going on holiday, ensure your wormery is working efficiently and if will be fine for up to a month.
Our compost worms will eat anything that has lived and died, eating up to half their body weight in waste - ideal for home composting.